Executive Order 1659

All artisan and supervisory artisan positions under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy are hereby included in the competitive classified service of the United States, unless specifically exempted from examination by law or Executive order. Such positions will hereafter be filled in accordance with the regulations which have been approved by me, except that employment from the present registered list, without classification, is authorized for the limited period necessary to establish eligible lists through open competitive examination in the manner provided in the regulations.

No artisan or supervisory artisan whose position is included in the classified service by this order shall be classified unless he has established his capacity for efficient service or has been examined and found qualified by the Labor Board and is recommended for classification by the Commanding Officer under whom he is employed.

Eligible registers under the new regulations will be established, and eligibility from registered lists established under Navy Yard Order No. 23, revised, shall not be extended beyond June 30, 1913. Persons employed before that date from the present registered lists shall not be eligible to classification except in the manner provided in the regulations.

Section 3 of Civil Service Rule III is hereby revoked. Appointments to positions mentioned in said section will he governed hereafter by the provisions of the civil service rules.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

December 7, 1912.